The Grant County Health District reports two more confirmed coronavirus cases bringing the county total to 75. 7 of those patients are currently hospitalized. On Thursday Health District staff started the transition to move operations to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office under the unified command of the Health District and Grant County Sheriff. Officials remain … Read more
Governor Jay Inslee extends Washington’s stay-at-home order through May 4. Inslee’s original order was set to expire on Monday but while the state’s efforts to contain COVID 19 have been in his words robust they have an obligation to recognize there is a hard road ahead. Violating the order is punishable by a misdemeanor charge … Read more
To help ensure social distancing and comply with the Governors Stay Home, Stay Healthy order, Grant County’s Landfill will be temporarily closing to the public until further notice effective today. Officials ask residents to use commercial and curb side pickup. The landfill will continue to be open to commercial haulers. and for special handling situations … Read more
City of Quincy officials are closing all public access to city offices through May 4. Staff will be available via phone or e-mail Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and any bills can be paid for online, by mail or via dropbox. The city also modified delinquency procedures to waive late fees … Read more
Boeing is reporting three of its Moses Lake-based employees tested positive for the coronavirus. The three are now quarantined and those who came in contact with the workers are being notified and asked to self-quarantine. The aerospace giant says in a news release that they are taking all the protocols necessart to prevent the spread … Read more
The chief medical officer of the Moses Lake Community Health Center died in an accident on Wednesday. The Moses Lake Fire department reports Dr. Larry Verhage was killed in a vehicle accident that happened on his property. Verhage has practiced medicine in Moses Lake for over two decades and became the center’s chief medical officer … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports five more confirmed coronavirus cases bringing the county total to 73. A previously reported case turned out not to be from Grant County so that was transferred to another jurisdiction. The new cases are from Moses Lake, Mattawa, the Quincy Area and Rural Othello. Those listed as “Rural Othello” … Read more
The Adams County Health Department reports 20 confirmed coronavirus cases with 16 of those in the Othello area and the rest in Lind along with Ritzville. Officials say two family groups account for half of the total cases with a family of seven in Othello along with a family of three in the Lind Ritzville … Read more
Area law enforcement agencies are reporting calls for service are changing from what they were before the coronavirus outbreak. Grant County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Ken Jones says they are getting fewer service calls due to the stay-at-home order but they see an increase in juvenile crimes with school buildings being closed. Moses Lake Police … Read more
Moses Lake School Board President Elliott Goodrich responds to a letter from the Moses Lake Education Association criticizing his suggestion that staffers take a pay cut because classes are being held online due to the coronavirus. Goodrich says he made the suggestion as an opinion of an individual not as the board president and the … Read more